ey kept the mystery of the album and Miss Arbuckle'

anvers. For they had long ago adopted Connie as one of themselves

y even the chums and had urged Billie to describe the pret

, it was hardly to be expected that she would be abl

er, who, in her enthusiasm, went so far as

en for an interruption in the form of Chet Brad

s had entered Three Towers Hall, and the boys were as enthusiasti

cer whom all the students loved and admired. They did not know it, but there was not one

e, there were great preparations being made a

r a little uneasily whether they were to be invited or not when one afterno

e girls, Laura, Billie, Vi and Connie, were wandering arm in arm about the beautiful camp

et," sai

t's Teddy," con

h of 'em,

ing eagerly through the trees. "Here they

s on Connie's reddening face. "The third is Ferd Stowing, of

re horrid!" cried Connie, which

His name was Paul Martinson, and he was tall and strongly built an

chums and playmates since they could remember, and Billie had always been sure that Teddy must be th

Connie had liked him, and had said innocently one day after the boys had go

Connie's life miserable-or so Connie declared. She could n

hat didn't say that another fellow couldn't speak to her." But just the same he had acted so queerly two or three times lately that Billie had bothered him exceedingly asking him what the matter with him was and tellin

a had acted. Instead of being sensible, she had suddenly buried her face in the pillow-th

upted her with an hysterical: "For goodness sake, Billie, I never thought you could be

er confided any of Teddy'

take the girls long to find out that t

e's arm and urging her down toward the lake as he spoke. "Ma

stening water of the lake. Of course the beautiful weather was responsible for this, for all the girls who had

little dock so that his feet could hang over and reaching up a hand

nie's foot slipped and she very nearly tumbled into the lake. Paul Martinson steadie

id innocently, adding with a little look that made Connie want to shake her:

beside a fever," threatened Con

he dock and throwing it far out into the gleaming water, where it dropped with a little spla

demure little glance at him, "